Every relationship that does not raise us up pulls us down, and vice versa; this is why men usually sink down somewhat when they take wives while women are usually somewhat raised up. Overly spiritual men require marriage every bit as much as they resist it as bitter medicine.
Friedrich NietzscheA woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
Friedrich NietzscheThere are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an exceptional man has missed his way and deteriorated
Friedrich Nietzsche